Let’s pretend we’re making Peace!

…. THE FREEZE on settlement construction, as another example, is a scam. If Israel gives something on this issue, the Western governments declare victory and go home, so to speak. …. since Israeli-Palestinian peace is not within reach, pretending it is while knowing the truth is not such a bad alternative ….

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… Whatever the Obama administration may say, it is through with Middle East peacemaking, at least for this term. It has zero leverage over Israel’s right-wing government because the roaring Republicans love this government and especially its prime minister. The Republicans love the settlements, love Israeli rule over the West Bank, love the blockade of Gaza and, no less important, hate Palestinians and the rest of the Muslim world. …

Anyone who seeks peace and justice in the Holy Land can forget about America ….

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Republican gains mean Israel will have more allies on Capitol Hill.

Cantor, currently minority whip in the House of Representatives, is poised to become the highest-ranking Jewish member of the House, as majority whip. …

AIPAC yesterday said it welcomed the election of three new Jewish members of Congress: Senator-elect Richard Blumenthal (D-CT ), Congresswoman-elect Nan Hayworth (R-NY ) and Congressman-elect David Cicilline (D-RI ). – Cicilline will become the fourth openly gay member of Congress, and the third Jewish and gay one. …

…. the code of ethics is meant to force academic institutions to teach “Zionist” viewpoints according to Netanyahu’s and Im Tirtzu’s interpretation and restrain the freedom of researchers and lecturers to criticize government policy. … under the threat of withholding government funding from departments that don’t toe the line. … a petty commissar seeking to have academic discourse conform to the Likud party platform.